Discuss the following sets of terms: a) trisomy and triploidy, b) aneuploidy and polyploidy.

Q: What are called aneuploidy?

A: Nondisjunction is the failure of sister chromatids or homologous chromosomes to separate properly…

Q: What is the role of monoadelphous,diadelphous,polyadelphous?

A: A flower is a modified shoot which is responsible for the sexual reproduction in angiosperms. In a…

Q: If a chimpanzee has a haploid (N) chromosome number of 24, how many chromosomes will be found in…

A: A chimpanzee has 24 pairs of chromosomes in diploid condition and haploid cells such as gametes…

Q: What is a homologous pair (also called a tetrad)?

A: The chromatid is the newly synthesized copy of the original chromosome that is attached to it with…

Q: Distinguish the following: euploidy, aneuploidy, and polyploidy; monosomy and trisomy.

A: Nondisjunction of chromosomes occurs happens during anaphase, when a pair of homologous chromosomes…

Q: For a species with a diploid number of 36, indicate how many chromosomes will be present in the…

A: Haploid: Having only one set of chromosomes, i.e, n-chromosomes. Triploid, Tetraploid is a condition…

Q: For an organism with haploid number of 15, fill in the following table:

A: Haploid cells Haploid cells have only one set of chromosomes. Most of organism produce haploid…

Q: Why are triploid plants infertile?

A: The plants with three sets of chromosomes called triploid (3n) plants. These plants morphologically…

Q: Explain the terms: (a) aneuploidy, (b) polyploidy.

A: The term ploidy refers to the total number of chromosomes.  Several mechanisms take place to…

Q: What is the difference between Euploidy and polyploidy?

A: Chromosome may be defined as the condense form of DNA that can be inherited from one generation to…

Q: What genetic principle could be derived from a monohybrid cross?

A: The genetics is the branch of biology that deals with the study of genes, genetic variation and…

Q: How many chromosomes would be found in somatic cells of an allotetraploid plant if its parent…

A: 10 Chromosomes.

Q: When do homologous chromosomes pair?  Select all that apply.    A.) During meiosis I   B.) During…

A: Homologous chromosomes refer to a pair of chromosomes having the same gene sequences, each derived…

Q: Inversions are known to affect crossing-over. The following homologs have the indicated order (the…

A: It is paracentric inversion. The diagram below show the replication during meiosis

Q: How would you make a monoploid plantlet by starting with a diploid plant?

A: A Monoploid is an individual with one set of chromosomes and an individual with two set…

Q: What is the difference between autopolyploidy and allopolyploidy? How does each arise?

A: The two types of polyploidy are autopolyploidy and allopolyploidy. The polyploidy occurs as the…

Q: Consider the following DNA molecule (shown in the picture) and assume this is the DNA sequence of…

A: Amino acid sequence formed from the 5'to 3' end is  tta   atc gtc  tac  gta  cta   cgt  taa tga  tcg…

Q: What is haploid (n) ?

A: The gametes of an organism consist of half the chromosomes that are normally found in diploid body…

Q: Why are inversions and reciprocal translocations less likely to belethal than are aneuploidy,…

A: Every living species have two types of cells, somatic cells (diploid) which are responsible for…

Q: trawberries are octoploid. Bananas are triploid. Kiwi fruits are diploid. How does ploidy level…

A: Ploidy level is directly related to the amount of DNA present inside the cell or  Ploidy is a term…

Q: . What is aneuploidy? Differentiate between aneuploidy and polyploid

A: Aneuploidy Aneuploids differ from standard 2n chromosome complements in single chromosomes. These…

Q: What causes Tetraploidy?

A: Tetraploidy is a particularly rare chromosomal aberration, polyploidy, when an affected individual…

Q: The numbers of chromosomes in the somatic cells of several oat varieties are sand oats: 14; slender…

A: Answer. Oats are Avena plant species and belong to the grass family. a). The basic chromosome number…

Q: What are multiples allels?

A: Gregor Mendel knew how to keep things basic. In Mendel's work on pea plants, every gene came in only…

Q: Give the chromosome number for the following:  1. 2n=4 treated with colchicine to produce an…

A: Every organisms have different chromosomes number. In human chromosome number is 46 , it is varies…

Q: What DNA sequence feature is required for a G-quadruplex to form?

A: G-quadruplex formed are formed in telomeric sequences which are highly polymorphic. A four repeat…

Q: For a species with a diploid number of 18, indicate how many chromosomes will be present in the…

A: A compactly packed structure composed of proteins and nucleic acids is the chromosome. A network of…

Q: what are aneuploids?

A: Chromosome is the tread-like appearance of the nucleic acids and protein molecules present in the…

Q: The following diagram represents a tetrad in prophase I. Each line (1–4) represents a chromatid (DNA…

A: Crossing over occurs in prophase I - Pachytene.

Q: In terms of chromosome composition, are the two daughter cells in mitosis identical? Are they…

A: In terms of chromosome composition Mitosis creates two identical daughter cells and each contain the…

Q: Define aneuploidy.how is it different from polyploidy?

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structures that are located in the nucleus. It is composed of protein…

Q: Is a trisomic an aneuploid or a polyploid?

A: Trisomy is a genetic condition in which an extra chromosome or part of a chromosome is added to a…

Q: What is the key difference between autopolyploidy and allopolyploidy?

A: Ploidy refers to the number of chromosomes present in the nucleus of a cell. Polyploids are…

Q: Do phylogenetically proximal species have cells with proximal chromosome counts?

A: Phylogenetically proximal species are the species that close on the phylogenetic trees and had the…

Q: mosome constitution. When the seed parent was O. hookeri, the plastids of the progeny were yellow;…

A: There are certain traits that are not inherited by conventional means of nuclear information. It is…

Q: Compare the following three terms: polyploidy, aneuploidy, and nondisjunction. Briefly discuss…

A: Ploidy is basically the number of sets of homologous chromosomes of a cell or an organism. The cell…

Q: How does prohpahse in mitosis differ from prohpahse 1 in meiosis? What genetic advantage does…

A: Mitosis and meiosis are two different types of cell division process. Meiosis is reductional…

Q: An organism has a haploid number of 36. What is the organism diploid number ?

A: Ploidy is a term which describe the number of sets of chromosomes in a cell. The term haploid…

Q: In what way does the position of the heterozygous organism of two genetic loci on the same…

A: Crossing over puts new alleles together in combination on the same chromosome, causing them to go…

Q: hat cytological abnormalities are expected of aneuploids at mitosis? at meiosis?

A: cervical cytologic abnormalities in teenagers, outlined as a Papanicolaou (Pap) smear result…

Q: discuss briefly  The genetics of triploidy

A: Triploidy is a rare chromosomal abnormality. It is the presence of an additional set of chromosomes…

Q: What is endopolyploidy? What is its biological significance?

A: Ploidy refers to the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell.  One complete set of…

Q: The chromosome count of a cell at the beginning of prophase I is 12. What is the centromere count in…

A: Chromosomes are condensed form of DNA that contains our genetic material. In this question, we are…

Q: Common red clover, Trifolium pratense, is a diploidwith 14 chromosomes per somatic cell. What…

A: Trifolium pratense is the herbaceous species of the flowering plant. It belongs to the bean family…

Q: A diploid organism has a total of 14 chromosomes and about20,000 genes per haploid genome.…

A: Genetic linkage refers to the close association of genes chromosome that are located close to each…

Q: What is the name of the structure that holds homologous chromosomes together after they have paired…

A: A chromosome is a compact form of DNA  molecule present in dividing cells. In metabolically active…

Q: What is an example of polyploidy?

A: The ploidy term refers the number of sets of the chromosomes. The euploidy refers to the chromosomal…

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